{"id":1507,"date":"2018-01-06T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T15:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2018-01-06T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T15:26:24","slug":"u-s-forest-service-nepa-comments-requested-by-february-2-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/u-s-forest-service-nepa-comments-requested-by-february-2-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Forest Service:  NEPA Comments Requested by February 2, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>USDA Forest Service seeks public comment on its work to improve an often costly, lengthy process to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when making land management decisions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur efforts to improve our processes are rooted in our desire to be more responsible for the land we manage and more responsive to the people we serve,\u201d said USDA Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke. \u201cWe will continue to deliver science-based, high-quality analysis as we work to make better decisions in a timelier manner. We are focused on our core mission to achieve quality land management for multiple uses of national forests and grasslands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The public has until Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 to comment on the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.federalregister.gov%2Fdocuments%2F2018%2F01%2F03%2F2017-28298%2Fnational-environmental-policy-act-compliance&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmattarno%40mt.gov%7Cbf7806a55b2a4f5aea8008d55466e35f%7C07a94c9\"><em>advance notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register<\/em><em> (link is external)<\/em><\/a><em>. Instructions about how to comment are included in the online notice. The notice can be accessed on the Federal Register through this link: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.federalregister.gov%2Fdocuments%2F2018%2F01%2F03%2F2017-28298%2Fnational-environmental-policy-act-compliance&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmattarno%40mt.gov%7Cbf7806a55b2a4f5aea8008d55466e35f%7C07a94c9\"><em>https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2018\/01\/03\/2017-28298\/national-environmental-policy-act-compliance<\/em><em> (link is external)<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Forest Service seeks public comment on how it, under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, can:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Increase efficiency in moving through the NEPA process.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Improve application of the NEPA process on landscape-scale restoration projects.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Determine which types of activities could undergo an abbreviated NEPA review because they pose minimal effects on natural resources, such as certain restoration projects, special use authorizations, and activities to maintain and manage sites, facilities and associated infrastructure.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Improve coordination with other agencies on multi-agency projects.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fs.fed.us%2Fnews%2Freleases%2Fforest-service-seeks-comment-work-increase-efficiency-national-environmental-policy&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmattarno%40mt.gov%7Cbf7806a55b2a4f5aea8008d55466e35f%7C07\"><em>https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/news\/releases\/forest-service-seeks-comment-work-increase-efficiency-national-environmental-policy<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1507\" data-postid=\"1507\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1507 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUSDA Forest Service seeks public comment on its work to improve an often costly, lengthy process to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when making land management decisions.\u201d \u201cOur efforts to improve our processes are rooted in our desire to be more responsible for the land we manage and more responsive to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montanaforestcollaboration.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}